Clothes-wringer



J. COFFIE LD.

CLOTHES WRINGER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 29,1918.

Pdtented May 17,1921.

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JAMES L. COFFIEIID, OF DAYTON, OHIO.

CLOTHES-WRINGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 17, 1921.

Application filed July 29, 1918. Serial No. 247,159.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JAMES L. COFF'IELD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clothes-Wringers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to useful improvements in power operated clothes wingers. More particularly the improvements involve the application of novel means which serve the combined functions of conducting the water from the wringer and guiding the clothes after they have passed through the winger rolls. above are especially designed to be applied to power driven wringers. In use such winger is placed between two wash tubs for wringing the clothes from one tub to the other in either direction, or if desired the clothes may be wrung back to the original tub or the tub from which they were wrung. In such installations it is desirable that means be provided for conducting the water the clothes into the tub on the opposite side thereof after said clothes have passed through the wringer rolls. In order to enable the winger to be operated in either direction it is necessary that means be provided for discharging the water which is wrung from the clothes on one side or the other of the wringer depending upon the direction. of the operation thereof. This has been accomplished heretofore through the use of reversible drain boards which are tilted in the direction desired to conduct the Some of said reversible drain boards are pivoted centrally and have means for holding them in the desired position when tilted to such position, for example, a wellknown spring and rod attachment, while other of said reversible drain boards are provided with slotted castings which enable them to be tilted in either direction so that the main portion of the board will overhang on the side from which the clothes are to be wrung to form a drain for the water. This latter type of water reversible drain boards also has to be locked in the desired position to which it is tilted owing to the clothes which are being wrung, dragging over the board. The object of the present invention is to provide a water reversing device for a power driven wringer which is of simple The improvements as stated construction and which is not acted upon or affected by the clothes passing through the wrlnger. This avoids any liability of shifting the water reversing device in its position and makes any locking device therefor unnecessary. A further object of the invention is to provide in connection with said water reversing shutter or device a comblned drain-board and clothes guide the op posite sides of which alternately serve to conduct the water from the wringer rolls back to the tub from which the clothes are being wrung, or to guide the clothes into another. tub or clothes hamper, said double function.

being dependent upon the direction of the operation of the wringer. The combined dram-board and clothes guide is rigidly mounted in the frame of the wringer and requires no change in its position in serving ts double purpose. The clothes in contactmg with the drain-board cannot shift the position thereof, and the water reversing shutter serves merely to direct the flow of water from the wringer rolls as may be de-' sired to one or the other side of the board.

Vith the above preliminary statement of the utility of my improvements reference will now be made to the accompanying drawings which show the wringer frame detached or removed from its operative position in connection with the tubs. So much only ofv the wringer frame and accompanying parts are illustrated as are deemed necessary to describe the improvements which are applied thereto. 7

Of said drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a wringer frame and rolls to which my improvements are applied. Fig. 2 is a sectional view of Fig. 1 on the line 2-2.

In a more particular description of the parts, 1 designates the side frame members of the wringer and 2 designates the upper transverse frame member thereof which unites the upright members at their tops. 3 designates lower transverse parts which are included in the frame structure and serve to unite the upright frame parts at the lower portions thereof. 4 and 5 designate the usual wringer rolls which are driven one from the other in a well-known manner, and

the wringer rolls as said rolls are operatedin either direction of their rotation. Thus far the elements referred to embody wellknown conventional partsof power driven wringers. Referring more particularly to the features involved in the present improvements, 8 designates a combined water drainboard and clothes chute. This board on each side is essentially of a length that extends a substantial distance beyond the sides of the wringer frame and to reach into the tub when acting as a chute to direct the clothes therein from the wringer. The name is thus given this element because its functions alternate'according to the direction in which the wringer rolls are operated. As shown in the drawings this part consists of two parts or surfaces which incline downwardly from '3 contribute to support firmly the said board.

The flanges 9 also serve to confine the water to the board by preventing it running oflf the sides thereof. Of course it will be understood that the manner of rigidly mounting this element may vary with the essentials in mind; it must have suitable downward inclinations to conduct or drain the water from the clothes as theyare wrung, and to serve as a guide for the clothes as they pass from the wringer rolls; It will be under stood that the said board 8 may be constructed of any material suitable for its uses'and purposes. In the drawings I have shown the said element constructed of sheet metal such for example as copper which is a desirable material for the purpose. A shutter 10 cooperates with the combined drain-board and clothes chute and with the wringer rolls. This shutter 10 lies immediately below the lower wringer roll and it may be shifted on either side of the lower roll to direct the water wrung from the clothes to one or the other side of the drainboard. This shutter is pivoted in its position between the side frame members of the wringer. The pivot 11 at one end thereof is supported in the end flange 9 of the board 8 substantially in line with the apex of the.

angle thereof. This is a convenient manner of pivoting that end of said shutter. The other end thereof is attached to a pivot pin 12 which passes through one of the side members of the wringer frame and through the opposite flange 9 of the board 8. The

pivot pin 12 has on the outside of the frame a suitable head or finger piece 13 by which the shutter 10 is turned on its pivot to reverse it from one position to-the other. As shown in Fig. 2 the position of the shutter 10 is such as to direct the water from the wringer rolls to the left hand side of the board 8 and in which case the right hand side ofsaid board performs the function of a clothes chute, receiving the clothes from the wringer rolls. The reversed position of the shutter 10 is shown in broken lines in which case it will be readily understood that the functions of the respective sides of the board 8 are reversed, the water in that case being discharged to the right hand side of the board 8 and the clothes to the left hand side.

Having described my invention I claim: 1. In a clothes wringer, the combination with the wringer rolls, of a drain-board and clothes guide rigidlymounted in the wringer frame below said rolls and extended a substantial distance on each side of the wringer frame to form a clothes guide, and a reversible water shutter pivotally mounted between said drain-board and clothes guide and said rolls to direct the water to one side of the said drain-board and clothes guide while the clothes are guided from the wringer on the other side to a receiving receptacle.

2. In a clothes wringer, the combination' with the wringer rolls, of a double inclined shed rigidly mounted in the wringer frame and extended a substantial distance on each side thereof to form a combined drain-board and clothes guide upon one part of which the clothes passing through the wringer rolls are delivered to a receptacle and upon the other part of which the water wrung from the clothes is directed elsewhere.

In testimony whereof I affix mysignature.

JAMES L. ooFFIELD. 

